Information & Data Monitoring Officer

• Feb 2023 - Present

Development Officer for Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme and Shift projects

• Nov 2021 - Feb 2023

STEM Ambassadors in Scotland Programme Manager

• Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

Responsible for ensuring that STEM Ambassadors in Scotland were supported to deliver STEM activities for young people and their families outside of formal education settings, including youth work settings, science festival and in uniformed groups. Worked with local and national community partners in Scotland as central liaison to ensure that non-school audiences had the opportunity for multiple meaningful engagements with STEM professionals. Managed all social media strategy, content and asset creation and campaigns across various platforms. Contacted and engaged with partner organisations to encourage them to use our provided assets promote the programme to their networks. Worked collaboratively to support volunteers and ensure they had a positive and meaningful experience in the programme, including through training and opportunities to build community.

STEM Ambassador Coordinator

• Jun 2018 - Apr 2021

As part of the UK-wide programme from STEM Learning, I worked in a small team at Science Connects, the West of Scotland STEM Ambassador Hub, to engage and support a large and hugely varied population of over 3,000 volunteers. Managed all aspects of the onboarding processes that enabled volunteers to take support STEM-based activities with young people in schools and community groups. Developed, organised and delivered training and other events for volunteers both in-house and on-site at companies. Managed all communications for the Hub including the curation and launching of monthly newsletters to teachers and volunteers; community management; and content creation and curation across our website, and Twitter page. Worked collaboratively with colleagues from the two other STEM Ambassador Hubs in Scotland on communications across our company pages on LinkedIn and Facebook. Engaged with employers, schools, community groups, partners and other stakeholders to promote the STEM Ambassadors programme to ensure volunteers had as many opportunities as possible to encourage and inspire young people to progress in STEM subjects.

Photo and Video Sales - Jedi Master

• Apr 2017 - Feb 2018

I engaged with the wide range of Bungy customers, fresh from their experiences, to enthusiastically and passionately show them their digital Photo and Video proof of their feat. I worked as part of a collaborative team, but was promoted, within 6 months, to the position of team leader for the majority of shifts. I supervised the Photo and Video Sales team, and trained new staff, progressing their skills and ensuring customers had an excellent experience, as well as aiming to encourage a high percentage of sell-through. As team leader I was also responsible for trouble-shooting, rectifying, or escalating any arising issues or customer queries. Successfully beat sales targets both as an individual and as a team.

Administrative Assistant

• Oct 2015 - Mar 2017

Managed and streamlined the administration required for a Programme of around 2,000 volunteers, providing accurate and efficient processing of new registrations, organising attendance at training sessions, and processing PVG Disclosure checks. I handled, maintained and updated large amounts of data, using Excel as well as an online database. From enquiries received through the online system as well as emails and phonecalls, I facilitated matching requests from schools and non-school groups, resolving any issues unaided but also communicated these with the rest of the team working towards the same goal. I was responsible for ensuring that targets were met in terms of funder-set activity levels and response times, successfully achieving the Active Ambassador target of 85% in every quarter.For adhoc projects, for example STEM competition events from other organisations, I took on the role of project manager, handling the finance associated, organising various events and producing progress and final reports, delivering the projects these on time and on budget.I established effective working relationships and communication links with individuals and organisations across education, as well as with the hugely varied bank of volunteers. I managed the website and social media sites and employed strategies to increase our presence and awareness by 54% in a 3 month period.

Research Assistant- Grant-Based Position

• Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

This position involved working for Dr. Sara Sereno on the Carnegie Trust funded project: Emotion processing in concrete and abstract words: The effect of alexithymia. I was brought in for the latter part of the project when the previous post-holder left the position.As well as questionnaire data being collected, behavioural measures included reaction times to emotion words acquired from a lexical decision task, and eye fixation durations obtained from fluent reading of text.I worked independently on the recruitment, scheduling, and testing of a variety of participants, including managing the budget for their payment. I constructed materials, spreadsheets and databases, and managed and analysed the data in Microsoft Excel and SPSS. I adapted quickly to the established methods and procedures within this ongoing project to ensure its completion as per the grant timelimes, successfully doing so ahead of schedule.

Various temporary positions

• Oct 2014 - Feb 2015

As the first point of contact for companies including Global Knowledge, Honda, and People's Trust, I undertook all administrative duties. I dealt with all enquiries, parcel deliveries and couriers, both incoming and outgoing, and carried out general office support tasks. At Coastal Ford, as Appointment Coordinator, I managed the diaries of up to five Service Advisors and scheduled appointment requests. I updated and maintained the database of customer records, dealt with general enquiries, and compiled the necessary information and paperwork used by each advisor during appointments. I learnt new software and processes quickly in order to ensure minimal disruption to the day-to-day running of each business. I was able to build positive, effective and productive working relationships with colleagues and business associates quickly and easily to the benefit of each organisation.

Youth Projects Coordinator - Grant-Based Position

• Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

This not-for-profit is committed to improving the health of youth across British Columbia, Canada, through research, education and community engagement. I supported the young people attending the organisation's Youth Action and Advisory Council and developed and maintained strong relationships with youth-serving organisations across B.C, as well as coordinating several research projects. I organised and facilitated focus groups with diverse groups of youth, from young women involved in the justice system, to homeless and street-involved young people, as well as those affected by or themselves using drugs and alcohol. I conducted individual interviews with youth, and accurately recorded and entered focus group and interview data, as well as assisting in the writing of community-friendly and youth-friendly reports and health information. I overcame recruitment issues with participants who were challenging to make initial contact with, and to subsequently convince to participate, in order to complete projects on time and on budget. In March 2014 I was asked to travel with colleagues to an international conference on urban health to present research findings.

Medical Research Associate

• Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

I joined this organisation to help them during a particularly busy period and took on the responsibility for planning and executing the recruitment of medical professionals across Canada, to secure their involvement in focus groups for clients who were large pharmaceutical companies. I communicated with potential attendees using various methods in order to explain the details of studies and to screen them to fit the clients' requirements, before scheduling and confirming their attendance at research locations. With other teams within and between offices I liased with colleagues to ensure the smooth transition of project requirements. Efficient planning and time management was crucial in this position, along with phone and email etiquette when communicating with high level professionals.

Research Assistant - School of Psychology

• Oct 2008 - Jan 2013

Working for several lecturers I managed the organisation, and data collection, management and analysis of various research projects.I used a variety of Psychology software packages to construct materials, with data management and analysis involving other dedicated software as well as Microsoft Excel.Topics included emotion lateralization, visuospatial cognitive style, reading development, and language perception and production. Participants in these studies ranged in age from pre-school to the elderly with some projects involving travelling to schools across Scotland to test participants.I was invited to be involved in the process of data checking and error coding as part of a UK wide project using the York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension, requiring great precision and attention to detail and processes.The last project worked on was "Growing up Scottish: The cognitive implications of speaking two regional dialects of English." with Dr. Alissa Melinger and Dr. Josephine Ross. The goal of the project was to determine whether speakers of two dialects, specifically looking at Gaelic and Scottish dialects, exhibit any of the cognitive benefits associated with bilingualism as determined by performance on several tests of executive functioning. Each test administered to each child required clear and consistent instructions to be provided, and systematic procedures being followed, involving great attention to detail being paid.For this project I organised all aspects of my visits to schools around the UK to gather the data from 7 and 8 year old primary school pupils. This included approaching schools, councils and parents and establishing strong relationships with each in order to inform them of the project, convince them of it's merit, and ultimately gain permission to attend and include pupils in the study.

Research Assistant -School of Nursing & Midwifery

• Dec 2009 - Feb 2011

On a longitudinal study investigating the demographic, clinical, and psychological predictors of infant feeding plans, I worked collaboratively with other members of the project team on all aspects of recruitment, data collection, and database management.I supported the administrative requirements, mastered and scheduled a Text Messaging System used for data collection and completed note taking at focus groups. I also communicated and presented research outputs, as well as carrying out the minuting, at high level progress meetings.Travelled across Dundee to publicise the study and connect with and recruit women from across the socioeconomic spectrum.I communicated effectively with individuals at all levels, both with regards to the wide range of participants, academics, and medical professionals.

Census Coverage Survey Interviewer

• Apr 2011 - Jun 2011

Completed doorstep interviews with adults in each household of an assigned postcode area. I dealt with sensitive and confidential information, communicated effectively with a wide range of people in order to encourage participation, and provided clear instructions and answered any questions to clarify requirements. Worked within a specified timetable and managed my workload largely independently. Completed doorstep interviews with adults in each household of an assigned postcode area. I dealt with sensitive and confidential information, communicated effectively with a wide range of people in order to encourage participation, and provided clear instructions and answered any questions to clarify requirements. Worked within a specified timetable and managed my workload largely independently.